OP storm SW Scotland Mk5, Aug 4th to 7th 2017

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OP storm SW Scotland Mk5, Aug 4th to 7th 2017

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Friday till Monday, but if you cant do all the days just join in for the days you can.

Friday ride up from Settle to Kirkcudbright is already a fun ride, and I am sure we will do the route over Hartside Pass like we did this year........ well worth the trip if you can only ride Friday.


Same location - Kirkcudbright in Dumfries & Galloway

Same format - meet up at various locations on the way up on Friday, the good roads start from Settle, so get there if you can. Out for a pub meal and on the piss Friday night, big breckie at cafe in the morning and out onto the best biking roads for all of Saturday. More food and drink, then a shorter ride out sunday and either stay an extra night or head off home late afternoon..


Look at the details from last 4 years rides for more info, all are welcome and any kind of bike, so bring a mate / brother / son / wife........ the town has lots to do each weekend over the summer so even if your partner is not going out on the rides, there is plenty to do and join up again for the eating / drinking / banter........ my wife will be doing that.

Campsite or local b&bs are great [update - There is an event in the town that weekend and B&Bs look to be fully booked :( }

the usual suspects had better make sure they get here, the locals will miss you if you don't come :D

AMCQ46 - Heading up from Worcester area Friday and collecting the lads as I go, going home sunday.
Mrs AMCQ46, going up in the car and not coming out on the bike, but will join for the eating & drinking and falling over.

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AMCQ46 - Friday leave Sunday
PeteL -Friday leave monday
Kermit lefrog - Friday leave sunday
Dishevelled Andy - Friday leave sunday
well groomed KTM Andy - Friday to sunday
Grumpy Stuart - Friday till sunday - electric hook up
Mike2000VTR - Campervan
Ziggy - Friday till Monday
Gabi - Friday till sunday


Still Thinking
GreeneyedGeko & Ducati mate - ???
Andy from Dumfries - ??
Mattster & Geordie from Ayr????
Macdee - till he thinks up an excuse not to come
flatLiney - wife says no but will ride with us Friday and we can lead him astray from there
CheekyKev - most likely not

dropped out
adyF - not coming as he has found a new woman who now own his balls
Sputnic KTM James- doubtful as impending sprog is the priority
Tractorboy - Card not stamped
Superduke Andy
Fabio - broke and wa*king off over his new bike
Stevie - bike is broke
countrymick - taking care of whats important




as per previous years, any one traveling up from south of Worcester can stop over at my house to break the journey on Thursday and Monday nights, its 360miles up from there as we go via the nice roads not the M6

route for Saturday https://www.plotaroute.com/route/254795

route for Sunday https://www.plotaroute.com/route/233339



basic intinary for the trip up is:

Pete gets to my house by 8.30 on friday
get to Settle by 12 to meet Ziggy and Flatty and Gabi
Hawes for 12.30
then Barnard castle, stopping at the petrol station in Alston at 3pm to meet Ian and the Andys, then over Hartside to Penrith
M6 up to Carlisle
perhaps meet Stu in Dumfries ( Tescos petrol station on the Bypass at 4.30) or at Campsite
All others will meet us at the campsite unless you want to join us on the trip up.... if so, shout out
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I'm 100% in :D
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Me too. Need you ask?
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Just to add to this, if any of you southern fairies want to come to this, you're welcome to ride up to my house (Bramham, near Wetherby just off A1M) and stay over Thursday evening, have breakfast and leave for Settle then Scotland at about 10.30am.

Let me know if needed.

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Also you missed off tractor boy on the list?

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AMCQ46 wrote: its 360miles up from there as we go via the nice roads not the M6
Blimey! 8O You never told me it was that far!! Is that my miles or proper ones ? :lol:

Stick me on the list. My backside will have forgotten all about it by next year :thumbup:

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Miztaziggy wrote:Just to add to this, if any of you southern fairies want to come to this, you're welcome to ride up to my house
That's very generous Ziggy but I don't the London boys could handle it... All those great roads, open spaces, lack of traffic, they wouldn't know what to do with it
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Pete.L wrote:
Miztaziggy wrote:Just to add to this, if any of you southern fairies want to come to this, you're welcome to ride up to my house
That's very generous Ziggy but I don't the London boys could handle it... All those great roads, open spaces, lack of traffic, they wouldn't know what to do with it
:P :P :P
Lol yeah.
I'm sure we could find a few traffic jams, built up areas, road works, speed cameras and traffic lights to cheer them up though.

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Miztaziggy wrote:if any of you southern fairies
other than Pete....... hes not a fairy :D
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AMCQ46 wrote: Pete....... hes not a fairy
Gosh! 8O
I've never had that in writing before :P

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Yep, I'm in
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oh yes im in.. :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: and steve just said hes in aswell.
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AMCQ46 wrote:
Miztaziggy wrote:if any of you southern fairies
other than Pete....... hes not a fairy :D
that not what I've heard ....
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:D :D
I've now gone all European and bought a KTM Superduke GT and Aprilia RSV1000R :D ,
Storm is now gone :cry: .
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you going to come to this one Budd?, you would like it
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AMCQ46 wrote:you going to come to this one Budd?, you would like it
hopefully next time, I had intended to be there this year and we already had a family trip planned visiting friends, interestingly those friends live in Scotland so I thought perfect I can make this work in my favour :thumbup: I'll put the bike in the van and drop the wife and kids off then head over to meet you guys. What I didn't realise is quite how big (or more accurately how wide) Scotland is. Our friends have a small holding in a little town called Reston just past Berwick on the east coast so I thought it would be a fairly simple matter of just 'nipping' across, not so it's a bloody long way, I can't remember exactly how far in miles it was but the sat nav was saying 3hrs + so in the end I bottled it and decided it was to going to be to far :thumbdown: .

Next one for me is Wales, :D
I've now gone all European and bought a KTM Superduke GT and Aprilia RSV1000R :D ,
Storm is now gone :cry: .
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